How do I know if my family situation warrants getting in touch ?

You might have had your family Social Worker suggest you contact us, found us online, or even your own child might of heard about us through their school and wants to join Cherry Trees. If you’ve come across us and are curious about what we do here and the types of young people we can offer respite to get in touch. Don’t worry if your child is ‘right for us’, pick up the phone and have a chat.

Cherry Trees accepts referrals from parents/carers, social workers or other professionals and once referred we will invite you in to visit Cherry Trees in the first instance. Following this visit we ask for an application form to be completed. Once we receive the completed application form, if we assess that we can meet the child's needs we will arrange for the child to come and visit Cherry Trees for some short tea visits so we, the child and their family can decide whether Cherry Trees is the right placement.

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Life at home for a family that has a child with disabilities is exhausting, challenging, and often non stop Respite is essential for families to cope, knowing that they can recharge ready to provide continued care at home.

Life at home for a family that has a child with disabilities is exhausting, challenging, and often non stop Respite is essential for families to cope, knowing that they can recharge ready to provide continued care at home.

As the summer holidays come to a finish for another year one Cherry Trees parent recounts the realities of booking a foreign holiday abroad for her family. Navigating busy airports, foreign restaurants and getting onto the beach become different territories for a traveller with disabilities. She shares her tips to aid bookings for other families in future.

2019 is a big year for our charity with increasing numbers of families coming to us for support, a calendar of exciting events and work on raising our profile underway. We have six new volunteering opportunities we need help with - could it be you ?
Our volunteers are the lifeblood of Cherry Trees and without their tremendous support and our donors Cherry Trees would not exist. Voluntary support enables us to keep investing in our respite care which families so desperately come to us for.

Every donation no matter how small or large is making a difference to every family that needs respite care for their child with disability. Your donation helps to keep families together.
Thank you so much for your support.

The entry ballot for 2019 is now closed. We are delighted to announce we have 19 riders taking part on behalf of Cherry Trees.
If are one of our 19 riders check out the page for training support. Not one of our riders, but fancy possibly riding for us next year ? Register your interest here for 2020.